Automobile steering-gear



A. L. GRAY,

AUTOMOBILE STEERING GEAR. APPLICATION FILED APHFSO, I920.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

IN ENTOR" ALBERT LEE GRAY, OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

AUTOMOBILE STEERING-GEAR.

Application filed April 30',

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT LEE GRAY, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Fargo, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota, haveinvented a new and useful Automobile Steering-Gear, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to steering gear for automobiles and auto trucks,and the object is to so improve the steering gear that the hand wheeland adjacent parts may readily be adjusted up and down and backward andforward to accommodate the size and taste of the operator.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of V an automobile equippedwith my improved handle 8.

steering means. Fig. 2 is a partly sectional detail view of the improvedsteering parts only, on an enlarged scale. Flg. 3 is also an enlargeddetail view of some of the parts of the invention.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 4 designates the body,5, the front wheels, 6 the drivers seat of an automobile. Ijorward ofthe seat 6 'are the usual hand wheel 7 and gas or oil valve regulatingIn order to make said elements 7 and Sadjustable to convenient reach ofdifferent drivers, I provide the usual hollow standard 9 with a joint 10near the floor of the car. I also provide the upper part of the-standardwith a segmental arm 11 which is slidable in the portion 12 of a bracket13 secured on the body of the car. In said portion" 12 is a slidable pin14 pressed forward by a spring 15 so as to readll engage either of theapertures 16 in the s idable arm 11. The standard may have the usual arm17 as a bearing for the rod or shaft 18 which carries the handle 8.

At about the'same distance from thefloor of the car as the 'oint 10 thesteering shaft 19 is provided Wit a universal joint 20, and the rod 18with a universal joint 21 (see Fig. 2) which universal joints allow theshafts Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 377,994..

when partly bent at upper section 19 telesco ed into the lower sectlonand provided wit several apertures 22 arranged to be engaged by a in'23,which has a portion 24 threaded in t e section 19 and is provided with athumb head 25., In like manner the upper section 18 is secured by ascrew pin 26 in the section 18 of the gas controlling valve rod.

In the operation or use of the invention the hand wheel and the handle 8may thus be adjusted up and down and toward and away from the seat 6.

What I claim is y 1. In an auto vehicle steering gear, a tubularstandard havin its lower portion provided with a joint and its upperportion provided with a segmental arm sl dable in a bracket fixed on thebody of the vehicle and means for holding said arm in differentpositions, a steering shaft rotatable in the tubular standard andprovided at its upper end with a hand wheel and having a universal jointin about the transverse plane with the joint of the standard, saidsteering shaft composed of two telescoped sections, and

means for locking the two sections. together in variously extendedpositions, the tubular standard having also near its top a lateralbearing, a gas valve operating shaft'journaled in said bearing andprovided with means for taking hold in turning it, said shaft having auniversal joint near the joint of the standard, it also having aslidable joint b which it may be extended and means for ho ding thejoint in any extended-position.

2. The structure specified in claim 1, said bracket on the vehiclehaving an aperture for the segmental arm and a spring-pressed 1pinarranged to engage the arm, said arm aving apertures in which to receivethe end of the pin.

In testimony whereof I affix m si nature. ALBERT LEE G AY.

